Office of Government Commerce

Mr. Hoban

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff have been employed in the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in each year since it was established, broken down by OGC programme in each year. (106521)

The OGC workforce for 2001-06 is given in the table.

*As at 1 April each year*
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Permanent staff	450	410	380	370	380	360
Casual staff	10	10	10	20	70	70
Total	460	420	390	390	450	430

These numbers have not been broken down by programme, as to do so would incur disproportionate costs.

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006